Rental Market

New analysis from RENTCafe finds apartments shrinking while prices are expanding.

November 30, 2018 - CNBC

Increasing numbers of renters, at all income levels, and in all U.S. metropolitan areas, are competing for a dwindling supply of rental units, according to a new analysis.

October 29, 2018 - Joint Center for Housing Studies

You could have rented a house on Airbnb for longer than the city of San Diego's new short-term rental regulations lasted. Now the city has to go back to the drawing board.

October 23, 2018 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

As California voters consider a ballot initiative that would greatly expand rent control around the state, researchers are working to inform the populace about rent control.

October 22, 2018 - USC Dornsife

As more cities grapple with the growth of short-term rentals, trends in regulation are beginning to emerge.

October 21, 2018 - Pew Stateline

Hoping to provide relief to renters in unincorporated parts of Los Angeles, the County Board of Supervisors has approved temporary rent control for 50,000 older apartments.

September 13, 2018 - The Orange County Register

New regulations for short-term rentals in Vancouver, British Columbia, are designed to return units to the rental market.

September 7, 2018 - The Star Vancouver

New York City is seeing an adjustment in the rental market as landlords struggle to compete for renters in a suddenly crowded market.

May 14, 2018 - Bloomberg

A new report by the New York City Comptroller's Office has estimated the cost of Airbnb to the city's rental market, and the tab is a big one: $616 million in 2016 alone.

May 4, 2018 - Bloomberg

Tenants' rights advocacy groups around the country are gaining steam, and supporters, as more and more renters are experiencing the shocks of an over-priced housing market.

February 28, 2018 - The Nation

A new report from CBRE analyzing the Pittsburgh rental market lends evidence to the house of pro-supply arguments.

February 28, 2018 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A new Harvard study reports that the rental market began to decline this year, and may continue to drop as higher income renters become homeowners. However, the report was released a week before the GOP tax cuts bill was signed.

December 26, 2017 - Business Insider

A large amount of new rental units have come online in recent months in Washington, D.C., and the housing market has seen a surprising amount of upheaval as a result.

October 16, 2017 - Bisnow Washington D.C.

It's still illegal to convert rental units into short-term rentals that act as a hotel business in Washington, D.C. A high-profile legal settlement will thus send a bumper crop of rental units back to the market.

October 6, 2017 - Greater Greater Washington

Mom and Pop Make Way for Institutional Investors in the Landlord Business

September 5, 2017 - The New York Times

Large investment companies are betting against homeownership—by buying up homes in suburban areas and putting them on the rental market.

July 27, 2017 - The Wall Street Journal

According to Joe Cortright, a slowing pace of rent inflation in most large cities in the United States, combined with decreasing rents in many cities, shows how adding supply can help balance the market.

June 25, 2017 - City Observatory

The foreclosure crisis and the Great Recession have paved the way for a steady decline in homeownership. Many cities will never be the same.

March 25, 2017 - Bloomberg

The founders of Vancouver-based Biddwell are hoping to change the way landlords and potential tenants find each other, but a renters' advocacy body sees the new company as bad news for tenants in an increasingly tight housing market.

August 22, 2016 - The Globe and Mail

If you can afford it, now would be a good time to move to San Francisco and rent in a new, high-end apartment building. Rents will still be among the highest in the country, but property owners are offering many perks.

June 16, 2016 - San Francisco Chronicle